44: The Indomitable Wilma Rudolph

Join Morgan and Emileigh as they discuss one of the most amazing women athletes of all time, Wilma Rudolph. Growing up in the Jim Crow south, Wilma, with the support of her loved ones, overcame a debilitating disability to become a triple gold medalist. 

 

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Sources:

 

(Re)Presenting Wilma Rudolph by Rita Liberti and Maureen M. Smith (2015)

 

“Rudolph, Wilma Glodean (1940- )”. Famous American Women A Biographical Dictionary from Colonial Times to the Present. (1980). Edited by Robert McHenry. G. & C. Merriam Company, Publishers (Merriam-Webster Inc.)

 

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/wilma-rudolph

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/11/newsid_3554000/3554568.stm

 

“50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph’s triple gold in 1960” by Rob Bagchi. The Guardian, Jun. 1 2012

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/jun/01/50-stunning-olympic-moments-wilma-rudolph

 

“Leaders of Afro-American Nashville. Wilma Rudolph and the TSU Tigerbelles” by Bobby L. Lovett (1997)

https://www.tnstate.edu/library/documents/Rudolph.pdf

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Rudolph

 

https://www.cdc.gov/polio/what-is-polio/index.htm

 

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws 

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